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The Bedford Centre for History of Women @RoyalHolloway promotes research into #womenshistory & #genderhistory, & its public representation.

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Women and Worlds of Learning Conference (@womenandworlds) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We created a thread to help scholars share their research and find people working on similar topics. If you are interested in taking part in Women and Worlds of Learning Conference, why not share you work here and find potential panel organisers!

Sarah Murden (@sarahmurden) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New on All Things Georgian, Guest post by Bibi Cox O’Brien - ‘To Myself’: Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire’s newly discovered poem - wp.me/p3JTNy-6cq #MondayBlogs . Amanda Foreman 💙 🇺🇦 - FYI

New on All Things Georgian, Guest post by <a href="/bibicox_/">Bibi Cox O’Brien</a>  - ‘To Myself’: Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire’s newly discovered poem - wp.me/p3JTNy-6cq #MondayBlogs .  <a href="/DrAmandaForeman/">Amanda Foreman 💙 🇺🇦</a> - FYI
Women's History Network (@womenshistnet) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In our latest blog post, Giacomo Savani looks at 'Gender and Bathing in Antiquity', which addresses the role of gender in ancient bathing and focuses on the experience of unwell women and their long pilgrimages to find a cure. Read it here: womenshistorynetwork.org/gender-and-bat…

In our latest blog post, <a href="/GiacomoSavani/">Giacomo Savani</a> looks at 'Gender and Bathing in Antiquity', which addresses the role of gender in ancient bathing and focuses on the experience of unwell women and their long pilgrimages to find a cure.

Read it here:
womenshistorynetwork.org/gender-and-bat…
Gender Institute, Royal Holloway (@genderrhul) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Susan Stebbing (1885-1943) joined Bedford College in 1915 and was made a professor in 1933 remaining at Bedford until her death in 1943. She was the first woman to hold a philosophy chair in the UK. A specialist in the philosophy of language and logic,

Susan Stebbing (1885-1943) joined Bedford College in 1915 and was made a professor in 1933 remaining at Bedford until her death in 1943.  She was the first woman to hold a philosophy chair in the UK. A specialist in the philosophy of language and logic,
Gender Institute, Royal Holloway (@genderrhul) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Stebbing was a pioneer of analytic philosophy. Her work built a bridge between the logic of Aristotle & that of the 20th century, because ‘the science of logic does not stand still’. She encouraged people to think for themselves & apply their conclusions to making a better world

Royal Holloway History Department (@rhulhistory) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Find out more about life on campus in the past! This is the fifth part of our series of post about the Royal Holloway archive. In this video Anne-Marie Purcell shows curious old photographs and talks about student magazines. Royal Holloway Library and Archives

Elizabeth Crawford (@womanandsphere) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Reading Paterson’s Joseph’s ‘The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho’ at this v moment. It is excellent - a model of historical fiction writing, imo

George Severs (@georgesevers10) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I reviewed In Her Hands: Women's Fight Against AIDS in the United States by Emma Day for Women's History Review. You can read it here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…. Spoiler alert, it is an excellent book!

Dr Isabella Rosner (@isabellarosner) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I wrote a short article about Annie Parker, a Victorian woman who embroidered using her own hair during her approx. 400 stints in prison. Her needlework tells us much about her life and the suffering she faced due to addiction. Check it out here: historytoday.com/archive/miscel…

I wrote a short article about Annie Parker, a Victorian woman who embroidered using her own hair during her approx. 400 stints in prison. Her needlework tells us much about her life and the suffering she faced due to addiction. Check it out here: historytoday.com/archive/miscel…
Women's History Network (@womenshistnet) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Writer & suffragist Harriot Eaton Stanton Blatch was born in 1856 #OTD. She was daughter of women’s rights activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Read more about some of the women upon whose shoulders every one of us stands. womenshistorynetwork.org/standing-on-th… #WomensHistory #GenderHist

Gender Institute, Royal Holloway (@genderrhul) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Everyone is most welcome to hear Professor Margaret (Maggie) Watson discuss her new book "Women in Academia, Achieving our Potential" in the Shilling Lecture Theatre at 2pm on Monday 18th March

Everyone is most welcome to hear Professor Margaret (Maggie) Watson discuss her new book "Women in Academia, Achieving our Potential" in the Shilling Lecture Theatre at 2pm on Monday 18th March
Nicola Phillips (@nicolahistorian) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A bit late for Valentines, but still love the idea of men gifting a box of C18 beauty patches to a sweetheart even if ‘out of fashion’.

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#OTD in 1909, Muriel Matters flew a hot air balloon over Westminster. “Votes for Women” was painted on the balloon, and she planned to drop leaflets over London, but she was blown off course. Her stunt made headlines across the world.

#OTD in 1909, Muriel Matters flew a hot air balloon over Westminster. “Votes for Women” was painted on the balloon, and she planned to drop leaflets over London, but she was blown off course. Her stunt made headlines across the world.
Gender Institute, Royal Holloway (@genderrhul) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Lilian Penson (History) was the recipient of the first PhD (male or female) awarded by the University of London. She was the first woman Vice Chancellor of the University of London (1948). As Head of Department, she required her female academic staff to wear gloves when teaching

Lilian Penson (History) was the recipient of the first PhD (male or female) awarded by the University of London. She was the first woman Vice Chancellor of the University of London (1948).  As Head of Department, she required her female academic staff to wear gloves when teaching
Thomas Dixon (@profthomasdixon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is the blog post about hurt feelings in 19th-century divorce I mentioned in Q&A last night Feelings, Health, and Cruelty in 19th-Century Divorce Cases emotionsblog.history.qmul.ac.uk/2013/05/feelin…

This is the blog post about hurt feelings in 19th-century divorce I mentioned in Q&amp;A last night 

Feelings, Health, and Cruelty in 19th-Century Divorce Cases emotionsblog.history.qmul.ac.uk/2013/05/feelin…
Nicola Phillips (@nicolahistorian) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I knew the Bank of England prosecuted female forgers, but not that they paid each convict on a transport ship £5 to ‘alleviate in some degree the distresses and wants brought upon them by their prosecution’.